tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post9208960648384730187..comments2024-03-28T23:10:52.046+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: "Offenders are Assets"Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-41037573559965609312016-02-09T11:45:47.610+00:002016-02-09T11:45:47.610+00:00Press release
Review of the youth justice system
...Press release<br /><br />Review of the youth justice system<br /><br />From:Ministry of Justice and The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP <br /><br />First published: 9 February 2016<br /><br />An interim report of emerging findings from the review of the youth justice system.<br /><br />(BEGINS)<br /><br />Plans to transform youth custody in England and Wales have been set out today (9 February 2016) by child behavioural expert and former head teacher Charlie Taylor.<br /><br />As part of his review of youth justice, Charlie Taylor has recommended that young offenders should serve their sentences in secure schools rather than youth prisons.<br /><br />Interim findings suggest the youth justice system would be more effective and better able to rehabilitate young people if education was at its heart. Smaller, local, secure schools would draw on educational and behavioural expertise to rehabilitate children and give them the skills they need to thrive on release.<br /><br />The report has found:<br /><br />https://www.gov.uk/government/news/review-of-the-youth-justice-system<br />Andrew_S_Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115192522317353139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-61730301013411961812016-02-09T09:53:54.082+00:002016-02-09T09:53:54.082+00:00I am reading The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist w...I am reading The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist which this Offenders are Assets business is putting in my mind.<br /><br />Two You Tube videos - show how important is this book today and relevant to what is happening in Probation, though some may say this is Off Topic - I am ready for it to be deleted.<br /><br />1. Ricky Tomlinson explains how it changed him when he was given it to read as a prisoner in a segregation cell.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByTMddq7ccQ<br /><br />2, an extract from chapter 22. <br /><br />The Great Money Trick - which might be adapted to "Offenders are Assets"<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB7OUHbK1BEAndrew_S_Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115192522317353139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-47281919468402710442016-02-09T07:47:10.475+00:002016-02-09T07:47:10.475+00:00Thanks for this. They can't overtly get rid of...Thanks for this. They can't overtly get rid of those they hate,so they'll find a way instead to make a profit while they starve etc. A truly vindictive scenario.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com